The two exchanged polite words, and then Zhao Ruxi asked: "I wonder when Mr. Zhang will be free to visit the contract?"

"You can go to the Yamen in the afternoon." Old Mrs. Zhang said.

"Well, let's meet directly at the Yamen when we go to Yamen." Zhao Ruxi said.

"Very good, very good."

Zhao Ruxi said goodbye and went back to the next door. Qing Feng also led two maids from the Kang family over. The three of them were holding food boxes in each hand.

Seeing that Li Zhongren was about to leave, Zhao Ruxi hurriedly said: "Why don't we just eat something together here and let Uncle Gao accompany you."

Qing Feng also said: "That's right. The cook of the Kang family knew that the girl had not eaten, so she was very enthusiastic and cooked a lot of food, which we will definitely not be able to eat. It's better for the Li family to eat together here."

Gao Weiqiang also said a few kind words.

Usually when doing this kind of business, the middleman will accompany him to the Yamen to sign the red deed to avoid accidents along the way, and he will also collect a commission. The lunch break at the Yamen is also very short, and it will be the opening time soon. Even if Li Zhongren does not dare to leave,

If you walk far away, just find a small stall nearby to buy something for a few bites, or simply eat dry food.

At this time, seeing that Zhao Ruxi sincerely invited guests, Li Zhongren did not refuse. Gao Weiqiang took the three food boxes from the maid's hand and ate with him in the dining room in the outer courtyard. Zhao Ruxi, Qing Feng, and Dian Jiang were in the inner courtyard.

Finished lunch.

After dinner, the group went to the Yamen.

When Wang Guangyao saw that Zhao Ruxi had bought another house just one day later, he admired him more and more and became more diligent in doing things. When Zhao Ruxi offered him money for his hard work, he resisted for a while before accepting it.

When Mr. Zhang saw Wang Guangyao's attitude towards Zhao Ruxi, his attitude became more and more respectful. Before leaving, he said: "Don't worry, Miss Zhao, my family has a village just outside the city. We will move to the village during this period. No.

In ten days, the house will be vacated."

"Then I'll be overworked." Zhao Ruxi said goodbye to him and called Li Zhongren to stop, "I want to buy some servants. If you have suitable ones, go to my master's house and leave me a message."

"Okay. I'll send a message to the girl after I've made my selection." Seeing that after finishing one business, another business came to Li Zhongren, he was very happy, so he said goodbye to Zhao Ruxi and left.

After Zhao Ruxi returned, she went to the Kang Family Painting Academy and told Kang Shilin and Wu Zong about buying the house next door.

Kang Shilin knew that his young apprentice bought the house nearby because of himself and Wu Zong. He was also very happy and said, "This is good and convenient."

Although he and Zhao Ruxi were masters and disciples, they were still different between men and women. Even if he did not live here, it was sometimes inconvenient for Zhao Ruxi to go back to Beijing and live in his other courtyard.

Therefore it is necessary to have a place to stay here.

"Little junior sister, you are spending money like water. Don't you have much money on hand?" Wu Zong teased her.

"I really spent all my money." Zhao Ruxi nodded, and bowed to the two of them with a smile, "But wouldn't the painting training class that master and senior brother arranged for me be opened soon? Without this income, I wouldn't be able to

You dare to buy a house like this. You have to dig in and out to buy every place. So thank you Master and Senior Brother."

"Okay." Kang Shilin patted her on the head, "Stop playing tricks here and go draw. If you don't draw well, I'll slap your hand."

After Zhao Ruxi went to draw a painting, got Kang Shilin's affirmation and praise, and pointed out everyone's sketches, he saw Gong Cheng coming in, still wearing official uniform.

When Wu Zong saw him, he smiled and said: "Senior brother, are you so busy with things in your engineering department? I remember that you, like me, took an afternoon off, right? Look at you, you have only been here a few times.

?”

Gong Cheng ignored him, said hello to Kang Shilin, and entered the inner courtyard to change out of his official uniform and put on his regular clothes.

After he came out, he said: "I can't help it. I was supposed to be able to paint with peace of mind after finishing my busy work some time ago. But yesterday, the Holy One issued a decree saying that the fifth prince would take up a post in the Ministry of Industry today. Today the fifth prince is here.

After that, we went to each yamen, but none of us could leave, so we had to accompany him. If I hadn't asked for leave, I wouldn't be able to get out at this time."

When Zhao Ruxi heard this, her heart moved.

Since the matter involved the royal family, Wu Zong couldn't tease him any more and said, "Okay, hurry up and start painting."

Zhao Ruxi came closer to Gong Cheng: "Brother, can I delay your time for a while?"

Gong Cheng didn't have much contact with Zhao Ruxi, but during this period he often heard Master and Wu Zong praise the little junior sister in various ways. He had a very good impression of Zhao Ruxi.

He smiled and said, "It's okay, just tell me."

"Didn't I just buy a village? I asked the head of the village, and he said that he only grows rice once a year, and leaves it uncultivated in other seasons. Winter wheat cannot be planted in winter to save land. I just want to ask, is he doing this right?

?Can you give me some advice?"

Gong Cheng is the left minister of the Ministry of Industry. He may be in charge of engineering and construction, not agriculture. But a senior official knows something about the areas under his jurisdiction.

For example, modern provincial and municipal leaders, even if they are not from farmers and have never farmed, have inspected and learned about too much agriculture, and they have to help local farmers solve problems when they encounter them. They can also say a lot in this regard.

Relevant details are available.

Sure enough, when Gong Cheng heard this question, he said: "What he said is right. The main reason is that Zhuangzi is too big, with too many acres of land, and limited manpower. Farmers can't accumulate much fertilizer, and the fertility of the fields cannot keep up. In winter,

When it’s cold, the fields can only be left uncultivated to nourish the soil.”

"Then there are no other things that can be planted in winter and can increase fat?" Zhao Ruxi said.

"Yes. We all advocate growing green manure. This stuff can increase fat, but it's impossible to sell it for money," Gong Cheng said.

Wu Zong interjected from the side: "Junior sister, I know you hope that Zhuangzi will be more successful and his servants will have a better life. But every Zhuangzi is like this. If there was a good way, everyone would have followed it.

Who wouldn’t want to do something that can make money? But for so many years, no one has been able to come up with any good ideas.”

Zhao Ruxi sighed: "Okay. Then I'll think of a way."

In fact, she has some ideas.

There are not only fields there, but also mountains and rivers. If you raise sheep and chickens on the mountains, and ducks by the river, the excrement of these livestock and poultry, plus the saprolite accumulated by fallen leaves in the mountains and forests, is a very good fertilizer.

Fertilizer can increase the fertility of fields, and selling livestock and poultry can provide another income. Killing two birds with one stone, it can also be regarded as solving the problem of insufficient fertility.

But what to do if livestock and poultry get sick is a big problem. Chicken plague is inevitable in modern times, let alone in ancient times.
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